What the top salaries are for Denver tech workers

Android and iOS developers can make a good living in Denver. According to a report from tech recruiting firm Mondo, actual salaries of such workers placed at Denver-area firms started around $126,000 and were as high as $171,000.

“In my experience, I’ve never worked with an Android developer that made less than six figures,” said Jessica Stoner, Mondo’s recruitment lead in Denver.

Across the board, salaries are between 2 to 8 percent higher than a year ago. And while Silicon Valley pay is the highest nationwide, Denver tech pay is keeping pace, she said.

As might be expected, the highest Denver salaries went to the top tech job: the Chief Information Officer of Chief Technology Officer. The range in Denver was between $175,000 to $260,000, which Mondo says is an 8 percent increase from last year.

By comparison, Android developers nationwide received salaries between $138,000 to $182,000. CIOs and CTOs, meanwhile, were paid $182,000 to $268,000.

And the median household income for metro Denver was $69,205 in 2014, according to the Metro Denver Economic Development Corp.

According to Mondo, the highest salaries for Denver-area tech workers are:

Tamara Chuang covers personal technology and local tech news for The Denver Post. She previously spent 10 years doing the same thing for The Orange County Register before taking a hiatus to move here and become a SAHM to a precocious toddler.